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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Let us set outנִסְעָהand go,וְנֵלֵכָהand I will goוְאֵלְכָהahead of you.”לְנֶגְדֶּךָ
Genesis 33:12
Study it in the app“He said, “Let us set out and go, and I will go ahead of you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 33:12, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Let us set outנִסְעָהnisa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nisa” appears- and goנֵלֵכָהnelecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “nelecha” appears- ahead of youנֶגְדֶּnegde
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negde” appears
The context
11Please take my blessing that has been brought to you, for Elohim has favored me and because I have everything.” He urged him, and he took it.
12 · This verse (above)
13He said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and the cattle that are nursing their young are in my care; if they are driven hard one day, all the flock will die.
To study Genesis 33 in a group
1. What it says
How did Esau receive Jacob when they met (v. 4)?
2. What it means
What does this meeting show compared with what Jacob had feared (vv. 4, 10)?
3. How I live it
With whom could you take a step toward reconciliation today?